Bird Families of the World

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Order: Struthioniformes

1 family, 2 species

Family #001

Ostriches (Struthionidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical Endemic
  • Other Taxonomies – IOC: family #001, HBW: family #001, H&M: family #001
  • wf250 status: 79% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen & photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Common OstrichStruthio camelus..
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes 

Ostrich, Tanzania 2006

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Order: Rheiformes

1 family, 2 species

Family #002

Rheas (Rheidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Neotropical Endemic
  • IOC family #002, HBW family #002, H&M family #002
  • wf250 status: 59% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen & photographed, first seen in Brazil, 2015
  • Finding hints: (Brazil, Argentina)
Greater RheaRhea americana..
Lesser RheaRhea pennata..

1 Lesser Rhea, Argentina; 2 Greater Rhea, Brazil

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Order: Tinamiformes

1 family, 46 species

Family #003

Tinamous (Tinamidae)

  • Species: 46
  • Distribution: Neotropical Endemic
  • IOC family #005, HBW family #003, H&M family #00
  • wf250 status: 79% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen, 4 photographed, 5 heard only, first seen in Brazil, 2015
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Tawny-breasted TinamouNothocercus julius 
Highland TinamouNothocercus bonapartei 
Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillus 
Gray TinamouTinamus tao 
Solitary TinamouTinamus solitarius.
Black TinamouTinamus osgoodi 
Great TinamouTinamus major..
White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatus 
Cinereous TinamouCrypturellus cinereus 
Berlepsch’s TinamouCrypturellus berlepschi 
Little TinamouCrypturellus soui 
Tepui TinamouCrypturellus ptaritepui 
Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletus 
Undulated TinamouCrypturellus undulatus 
Pale-browed TinamouCrypturellus transfasciatus 
Brazilian TinamouCrypturellus strigulosus 
Gray-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidae 
Red-legged TinamouCrypturellus erythropus 
Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagus 
Black-capped TinamouCrypturellus atrocapillus 
Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardi 
Choco TinamouCrypturellus kerriae 
Variegated TinamouCrypturellus variegatus 
Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus 
Rusty TinamouCrypturellus brevirostris 
Bartlett’s TinamouCrypturellus bartletti 
Small-billed TinamouCrypturellus parvirostris..
Barred TinamouCrypturellus casiquiare 
Tataupa TinamouCrypturellus tataupa 
Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescens 
Huayco TinamouRhynchotus maculicollis 
Taczanowski’s TinamouNothoprocta taczanowskii 
Ornate TinamouNothoprocta ornata 
Chilean TinamouNothoprocta perdicaria 
Brushland TinamouNothoprocta cinerascens 
Andean TinamouNothoprocta pentlandii 
Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostris 
White-bellied NothuraNothura boraquira 
Lesser NothuraNothura minor 
Darwin’s NothuraNothura darwinii 
Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa..
Dwarf TinamouTaoniscus nanus 
Elegant Crested-TinamouEudromia elegans..
Quebracho Crested-TinamouEudromia formosa 
Puna TinamouTinamotis pentlandii 
Patagonian TinamouTinamotis ingoufi 

1 Spotted Nothura, Argentina; 2 Great Tinamou, Ecuador; 3 Elegant Crested Tinamou, Argentina; 4 Small-billed Tinamou, Brazil

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Order: Casuariiformes

1 family, 4 species

Family #004

Cassowaries and Emu (Casuariidae)

  • Species: 4
  • Distribution: Australasian Endemic
  • IOC family #004, HBW family #004, H&M family #004
  • wf250 status: 53% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 2 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
  • Finding hints
Southern CassowaryCasuarius casuarius..
Dwarf CassowaryCasuarius bennetti 
Northern CassowaryCasuarius unappendiculatus 
EmuDromaius novaehollandiae..

Southern Cassowary, Australia 2013

Emu, Australia 2018

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Order: Apterygiformes

1 family, 5 species

Family #005

Kiwis (Apterygidae)

  • Species: 5
  • Distribution: Australasian Endemic (New Zealand)
  • IOC family #003, HBW family #005, H&M family #005
  • wf250 status: 38% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 1 photographed, 1 heard only, first seen in New Zealand, 2014
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Southern Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis ..
Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi .
North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli  
Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii  
Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii  

South Brown Kiwi, New Zealand

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